PGA Rocket Mortgage Classic to be played in Detroit in June

Event will be first PGA Tour tournament in Michigan since Buick Open folded in 2009

Quicken Loans shifted its funding from defunct National tournament in Washington, D.C.

Detroit mortgage company signed long-term agreement to sponsor the tournament

Detroit Golf Club

The Detroit Golf Club is expected to host a new PGA Tour tournament next year to be overseen by Quicken Loans and Chicago-based marketing agency Intersport.

After months of teasing, the PGA Tour's return to Michigan got a name, date and confirmation of location Tuesday.

The PGA Tour released its 2018-19 schedule Tuesday which includes a new Quicken Loans Inc.-sponsored tournament in Detroit.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic is scheduled for June 24-30 at the Detroit Golf Club. It is one of two new events in rotation for the tour next season.

It marks the first time the PGA Tour has hosted a tournament in Detroit's city limits and will be the first PGA event in the state since the defunct Buick Open at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc 1958-2009.

"Professional golf belongs in Detroit," Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner said in a written statement.

"The idea here is to use the PGA platform to have people from inside the state, from outside the state come to the city of Detroit, see what we're all about, have an incredible experience, and everybody wants to help pull that off."

The new event in Detroit is a result of the Dan Gilbert-owned mortgage company pulling its funding from the defunct Quicken Loans National tournament in the Washington, D.C., area and shifting it to a tournament near its home base.

Quicken Loans signed a long-term agreement to sponsor the tournament in Detroit and promised to "make the Detroit stop one of the most exciting and engaging events on the professional golf calendar."

The mortgage company is working with Chicago-based marketing agency Intersport to oversee operation of the tournament, according to a news release. It is also planning "numerous related attractions and festivities" throughout the city during the event, which is expected to draw "hundreds of thousands of visitors," Farner said.